Things To Do In Ditmas Park This Weekend & Memorial Day
Who’s ready for a long weekend? We’ve got plenty of events both in Ditmas Park, and in other parts of Brooklyn featuring our neighbors, to keep you enjoyably-busy ’til Tuesday.
Thursday, May 23
- Kids can keep Prospect Park green at Nature’s Helpers, Audubon Center, 1-2pm Thursdays and Fridays.
- Nature on the Go! is on next at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, Thursdays and Fridays, 3-4pm.
- … and stick around to learn about park wildlife at Animal Encounter, at the Audubon Center Thursdays and Fridays, 4-4:30pm.
- Sustainable Flatbush’s Healing Herb Garden open hours continue at 2103 Kenmore Terrace, Thursdays and Fridays from 4-6pm.
- The Veveritse Brass Band plays the PS 217 Spring Concert Series, (inside the school auditorium if it rains) 6-7pm.
- Attend the Community Environment Committee meeting at the CB14 District Office, 7pm.
- Sign up to perform at Open Mic night from 8-8:30 pm, or just watch starting at 9pm at 773 Lounge.
Friday, May 24
- Shape Up NYC hosts a free introductory pilates class, Prospect Park Audubon Center, 12-1pm.
- Meet fellow parents at the New Parent Meet-Up, Lark, 1-2pm.
- Teens are invited to a writing workshop at the Cortelyou Library, 3-4pm.
- Attend “Roy & Lloyd’s Happy Hour” live jazz series, Lark, 5:45pm.
- Dave Clive’s Nawlins Funk Band is at 773 Lounge, 10pm.
Saturday, May 25
- Get focused for nothing at Free Meditation with Kathleen, Midwood Martial Arts, 8:30-9am.
- Help the Woodland Corps keep Prospect Park clean and green by the Picnic House, 10am-2pm.
- Learn avian basics at Introduction to Birdwatching, Prospect Park Pop-Up Audubon, 12pm, and hang out after until 5pm.
- Sustainable Flatbush’s Healing Herb Garden Saturday open hours are at 2103 Kenmore Terrace, 10am-2pm (with compost open hours 10am-12pm).
- Learn about 19th Century life at the Lefferts 2nd Floor Tours, Lefferts Historic House, Saturdays and Sundays 1pm-3:30pm (tours every half hour).
- See neighbor Eric Pesso‘s work at the BWAC Spring Show, 499 Van Brunt St. in Red Hook, 1-6pm until June 16.
- Kids can learn about spinning yarn at History in Your Hands: Fleece Fun, also at the Lefferts Historic House, Saturdays and Sundays from 2-4pm.
- “Honey, Dear” Vintage Jazz is on at Lark, 4-5pm.
- See Hannah Cohen play at Sycamore, 9pm.
- Names You Can Trust hosts their weekly party at Sycamore, 10pm.
Sunday, May 26
Enjoy the food trucks at Grand Army Plaza, 11am-5pm.- The Pop-Up Audubon is open again from 12-5pm.
- Get ready to rock at a Sing Along with Luis, Lark, 4-5pm.
- Sit zazen at Third Root, 6:45-7:15pm.
- Underground Works (lineup TBA) is on at Sycamore, 8pm.
Monday, May 27
- Neighbor Nina Talbot has work on exhibition at Black Veterans for Social Justice (665 Willoughby Ave. between Throop Ave. and Marcus Garvey Blvd.), 2pm.
- And the Monday Night Vinyl Club is at the bar at Sycamore, 8pm.
Image via Nina Talbot